Mixed woodland near Sileby
1 ha
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.74662, -1.11354
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route561 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 561 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route408 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 408 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,357 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,357 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Tree Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird +28
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
🐸Amphibians4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Black Snipefly +18
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Box Tree Moth
Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Dandelion +43
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,357 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Tree Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird +28
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
🐸Amphibians4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Black Snipefly +18
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Box Tree Moth
Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Dandelion +43
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cydalima perspectalis2023
Cydalima perspectalis2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera lurida7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaCommon SwiftKorscheltellus lupulinaCommon SwiftKorscheltellus lupulinaAgriotes sputatorAgriotes sputatorAgriotes sputatorAgriotes sputatorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2024Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumFloating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024